"Lot of 10 unlocked 3GS" on eBay.. Are these Scams?

So I stumbled across unbelievably cheap wholesale lots of iPhone 3GS' on eBay, and was very intrigued at first, but now have my doubts. It seems that some sellers are selling them much cheaper than others ($3200 for 10 factory unlocked 32gb 3GS.) The sellers that are selling much cheaper don't accept Paypal though. I emailed one of them and he said he accepts American Express . I would buy them in an instant if I knew it was legitimate, but I think it's too good to be true. Both sellers seem to have perfect feedback.

If anyone is considering purchasing one of these cheap iPhones, you might prefer to do business with me. I offer complete transparency in all such transactions: I won't send you an iPhone any more than the other sellers, but at least I will tell you up front that I won't.

If anyone is considering purchasing one of these cheap iPhones, you might prefer to do business with me. I offer complete transparency in all such transactions: I won't send you an iPhone any more than the other sellers, but at least I will tell you up front that I won't.

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Now THAT is good customer service. However I will pricematch ANY competitor and offer a complete satisfaction guarantee.

Lets see....all his other auctions are art and he accepts PayPal. Suddenly a lot of 10 iPhones just falls in his lap and he's selling them for below market value and is not accepting PayPal (which almost always sides with the buyer in a dispute)

If you don't get what you paid for American Express will reverse the charges on your card. Am I missing something?

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He's probably hoping that some idiot who falls for it doesn't know what a chargeback is.

Remember, if the acution results in them scamming only one person for $3,200 and that person just says "Oh crap, I got scammed. Nothing I can do about it" then that's $3,200 they didn't have before. It's like the Nigerian scam emails. They send them out to millions of people and I bet 99.9% of the recipients don't fall for it. But if one person does, it's a success for them.

(I copy and pasted this on my desktop so I can be reminded when something sounds too good to be true)

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Are you just playing around with people here? You say you have Aspergers. You say on another thread you have an IQ of 57. Yet, after having looked through some of your other posts, you use a word like "profundity??" I'm not buying it.

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